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I just sold an electronics item on Ebay for around $230.
These are the red flags for me:
-Buyer pays in the form of an PayPal eCheck (which clears in about 3-5 days).
-Buyer sends me a message could I please ship the item before the check clears, he's going to India and wants to have it to give to his father.
-Email from Ebay to me says Seller Protection: Not Eligible
-I've been finding out/researching that Ebay does not protect sellers at all, in general. Even if you have a no return policy a dishonest buyer can just say the item is "not as described" and the seller ends up even paying for the buyer to return the item.
The seller has had their ID since 2008, has 9 feedbacks, all positive, all as a buyer. (ETA - the fact that he only has bought 9 times is not necessarily a red flag...)
I'm weary of this transaction for all these reasons - and I'm thinking I should just cancel it.
ETA2: the buyer has somewhat of an exotic name so I was able to Google his name and came up with a Facebook profile, and from that, where he says he works, etc. - the business he works at looks reputable (actually owner's name is same last name as his) and I do see his picture in a group of bigger people/employees...so it does seem to be a genuine person...not sure what to do.
Any advice?
And if I do cancel how do I go about doing that in the safest way (not sure if there's a risk in canceling, too - like a penalty).
These are the red flags for me:
-Buyer pays in the form of an PayPal eCheck (which clears in about 3-5 days).
-Buyer sends me a message could I please ship the item before the check clears, he's going to India and wants to have it to give to his father.
-Email from Ebay to me says Seller Protection: Not Eligible
-I've been finding out/researching that Ebay does not protect sellers at all, in general. Even if you have a no return policy a dishonest buyer can just say the item is "not as described" and the seller ends up even paying for the buyer to return the item.
The seller has had their ID since 2008, has 9 feedbacks, all positive, all as a buyer. (ETA - the fact that he only has bought 9 times is not necessarily a red flag...)
I'm weary of this transaction for all these reasons - and I'm thinking I should just cancel it.
ETA2: the buyer has somewhat of an exotic name so I was able to Google his name and came up with a Facebook profile, and from that, where he says he works, etc. - the business he works at looks reputable (actually owner's name is same last name as his) and I do see his picture in a group of bigger people/employees...so it does seem to be a genuine person...not sure what to do.
Any advice?
And if I do cancel how do I go about doing that in the safest way (not sure if there's a risk in canceling, too - like a penalty).